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tro|chee «TROH kee», noun.

1. a foot or measure in poetry consisting of two syllables, the first accented and the second unaccented or the first long and the second short. Example: “Sing a / song of / sixpence.”

2. a long syllable followed by a short syllable in Greek or Latin verse. Example: pāt.

╂[< Middle French trochée, learned borrowing from Latin trochaeus < Greek trochaîos (literally) running < tréchein to run]